Creating artisanal proteins not found in nature

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Creating artisanal proteins not found in nature

Researchers at UW Medicine's Institute for Protein Design appear to have unraveled a long-known mystery.

Illustration of a protein built at the UW Medicine Institute for Protein Design.

Two decades ago, the notion of building custom proteins and correctly predicting their structure was a dream. Today David Baker and colleagues are doing that, with the hope that these from-scratch creations will combat medical conditions such as flu and celiac disease.